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research finds eighteen percent taxes on pizza and soda drinks people five pounds a year tracy folks help create nutrition standards at the u.s. department of agriculture those types of taxes expression if they're like you said about the twenty percent range between ten and twenty percent can have an impact and they do cause. people to purchase and consume less of the item that's being taxed for example sugar sweetened beverages or sodas shamed by films showing the secure fix of their food junk produces an l. rushing to rebrand a so-called low fat and diet well here's the secret about so-called diet food and it's actually hilarious it's called that because most diet food contains what's known as aspartame or similar name or sucralose and it's been found in numerous studies that actually diet soda products can actually lead to kidney damage metabolic problems and obesity the studies found that kidney damage was experienced in those who drink diet soda whereas those who drink regular soda which by no means is healthy did not experience the same issues the best part about it aspartame i
research finds eighteen percent taxes on pizza and soda drinks people five pounds a year tracy folks help create nutrition standards at the u.s. department of agriculture those types of taxes expression if they're like you said about the twenty percent range between ten and twenty percent can have an impact and they do cause. people to purchase and consume less of the item that's being taxed for example sugar sweetened beverages or sodas shamed by films showing the secure fix of their food junk...
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s stock sales and mergers as sellers feared taxes on investment gains could go up next year now despite news like this and even as by efforts to promote i.p.o. bubbles the number of companies going public continues to be down significantly from highs in the one nine hundred ninety s. who why would we want this. why would we ever want to bubble party private equity advisor william janeway is here to explain why bubbles are sometimes good plus u.s. corporate profits hit a record high in the third quarter according to the bureau of economic analysis with these profits why are we seeing more business investment to fuel innovation will discuss and we hear about sovereign credit downgrade and warnings of those downgrades all the time in the wake of the debt crisis and austerity in europe but now extravagance and luxury are on the line the ratings agency moody's has reportedly put carmaker aston martin on review for a debt downgrade we'll discuss let's get to today's capital account. bubbles are often thought of mental to an economy as health needless to say but what if in reality of progress
s stock sales and mergers as sellers feared taxes on investment gains could go up next year now despite news like this and even as by efforts to promote i.p.o. bubbles the number of companies going public continues to be down significantly from highs in the one nine hundred ninety s. who why would we want this. why would we ever want to bubble party private equity advisor william janeway is here to explain why bubbles are sometimes good plus u.s. corporate profits hit a record high in the third...
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they've avoided the tobin taxes financial transaction tax they have now reconsolidate their power i don't think anything has happened in this country to stem the power of the banks in fact quite the opposite they've got away with it they've got away with one of the biggest kind of financial crimes in human history london is now one of the three command centers of the global economy that wouldn't have been possible without the city of london germany's a much more powerful economy than the british economy but they haven't got any pockets of undemocratic nepotistic rule which is untouched by the german government lord glasman morris glassman you know has long argued for for the rest of london the whole of london to be incorporated the city of london has always resisted expansion to allow the rest of london to be part of it so we right now and people living in london are actually living in the city of london you call the city of an . some corporation and undemocratic pocket within london as a whole other any of the borrowers in the u.k. that are this similar type of exception to the gen
they've avoided the tobin taxes financial transaction tax they have now reconsolidate their power i don't think anything has happened in this country to stem the power of the banks in fact quite the opposite they've got away with it they've got away with one of the biggest kind of financial crimes in human history london is now one of the three command centers of the global economy that wouldn't have been possible without the city of london germany's a much more powerful economy than the...
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i mean can we solve this whole fiscal cliff by just taxing those no no unfortunately we can't we face something and this is this is what your viewers need to understand most americans haven't got this yet we're in new territory we have a sixteen trillion dollar debt. it has a potentially crushing impact people here in washington say you know that it doesn't matter what difference does it make we can borrow as much money as we like forever wrong we can't if you don't grow economically you can't attract investment truth is we're not really growing theoretically at one point two percent and falling europe is in serious trouble what happens in europe what happens in china where they're preparing for a hard landing all of these things will have an impact here we're in a lot of trouble you can't retire that debt so no you could confiscate all the wealth from the top five percent of the american people it would make a dent really it wouldn't make a try you know you talk about running the government for six months. all right well let's talk about the new the the new fiscal year two thousand a
i mean can we solve this whole fiscal cliff by just taxing those no no unfortunately we can't we face something and this is this is what your viewers need to understand most americans haven't got this yet we're in new territory we have a sixteen trillion dollar debt. it has a potentially crushing impact people here in washington say you know that it doesn't matter what difference does it make we can borrow as much money as we like forever wrong we can't if you don't grow economically you can't...
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or federal tax. rate compensated up to forty percent of the way to generate tax payers to howards the need to provide medical care and everything. we do there's a taxpayer it comes out of the tax and back he the actual purging we're already healthy and in shape to go out and. private companies hard working and reliable make sure want to work every day well. terribly work in prison is mandatory and the choice many inmates have is whether to work for a government run prison industry for less than a dollar an hour or a private one for a minimum wage or for around six dollars unique or is a government owned corporation that uses prison labor to produce all kinds of goods mainly for other government agencies one hundred seventy five different types of products and services you see the variety listed on their website they to partner up with private firms now last year unique course revenue nine hundred million dollars as far as private prisons are concerned two of the country's biggest prison corporations
or federal tax. rate compensated up to forty percent of the way to generate tax payers to howards the need to provide medical care and everything. we do there's a taxpayer it comes out of the tax and back he the actual purging we're already healthy and in shape to go out and. private companies hard working and reliable make sure want to work every day well. terribly work in prison is mandatory and the choice many inmates have is whether to work for a government run prison industry for less than...
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when it comes to raising taxes on the wealthy those making more than two to fifty thousand dollars if republicans do not agree to that is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff oh absolutely. absolutely but when it comes to the u.s. is economic problems does this tax debate or even as fiscal cliff debate begin to scratch the surface of the crisis. former republican strategist author and historian kevin phillips is here with lessons we can learn from seventeen seventy five the subject of his latest book that many a politician may benefit from actually reading. from a long time and bald churchy i don't do it anymore of those boys much they do not read his words will. they go and the as these the is reportedly investigating going to be providing twelve billion dollars in derivatives trading losses in two thousand and eight yeah yeah there's a list of alleged bad bank behavior how is good capitalism though being driven out by bad capitalism all will break it down and word of the day plus alan greenspan says a painless solution to the u.s. debt is a fantasy finally somethi
when it comes to raising taxes on the wealthy those making more than two to fifty thousand dollars if republicans do not agree to that is the administration prepared to go over the fiscal cliff oh absolutely. absolutely but when it comes to the u.s. is economic problems does this tax debate or even as fiscal cliff debate begin to scratch the surface of the crisis. former republican strategist author and historian kevin phillips is here with lessons we can learn from seventeen seventy five the...
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reduce tax payers to howards the need to. hear everything. working prison is mandatory and the choice many inmates have is whether to work for a government run prison industry for less than a dollar an hour or private one for a minimum wage or for around six dollars unique or is a government owned corporation that uses prison labor to produce all kinds of goods mainly for other government agencies one hundred seventy five different types of products and services you see the variety listed on their. website they to partner up with private firms now last year unique course revenue nine hundred million dollars as far as private prisons are concerned two of the country's biggest prison corporations made three point three billion dollars last year alone private prisons are created in that york stock exchange they are for profit companies and the savings that they reap from using inmate labor. go to their bottom line it's money they otherwise don't have to. keep. large prison populations and harsh sentences result in greater profits america's three
reduce tax payers to howards the need to. hear everything. working prison is mandatory and the choice many inmates have is whether to work for a government run prison industry for less than a dollar an hour or private one for a minimum wage or for around six dollars unique or is a government owned corporation that uses prison labor to produce all kinds of goods mainly for other government agencies one hundred seventy five different types of products and services you see the variety listed on...
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income taxes but that's only one of the many doing of many taxes that we all pay as a percentage of income the people working at mcdonald's for eight bucks an hour pay more of their income in taxes than mitt romney that's right how do you think we're doing the guys now you with what percentage of the federal taxes are collected from the one percenters because i know people manipulate the numbers in the get their point across i don't know off the top of my head and i do really like them do you research and come back later show you show your rate by the way thank you yeah i'd be glad to will get the numbers and we'll do a chart and graph and i think thank you jim i appreciate you calling in and raising the question that's something that we have done shows on before you know where where was the. revenue before where is it now and what you know i can tell you the top tax rate during the eisenhower years was ninety one percent and you know right now the top tax rate is thirty five percent and they're talking about taking it up to thirty nine thirty nine point six percent which is where i
income taxes but that's only one of the many doing of many taxes that we all pay as a percentage of income the people working at mcdonald's for eight bucks an hour pay more of their income in taxes than mitt romney that's right how do you think we're doing the guys now you with what percentage of the federal taxes are collected from the one percenters because i know people manipulate the numbers in the get their point across i don't know off the top of my head and i do really like them do you...
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they paid only one point two million pounds worth of tax in two thousand and ten when in fact despite when in fact they made profits of around one hundred eighty one million which equates to a tax bill of around fifty one million pounds according to estimation. laura smith in london thank you very much for that update we'll see what the final sentence will be then. so i had this ally india is already to flex its muscles in the south china sea as a country for this team staking a claim for a huge oil and gas bill they're going to come from i think eighteen. plus the us senator received some tit for tat medicine from moscow in response to fit into slap a travel ban and russian thank you for breaching human rights that's another international story to show. a forty nine year old southern california man was thrown in prison and charged with possessing materials to make explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon here rated custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime anyways a spokesman for the
they paid only one point two million pounds worth of tax in two thousand and ten when in fact despite when in fact they made profits of around one hundred eighty one million which equates to a tax bill of around fifty one million pounds according to estimation. laura smith in london thank you very much for that update we'll see what the final sentence will be then. so i had this ally india is already to flex its muscles in the south china sea as a country for this team staking a claim for a...
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they come here and buy lenders they buy it because they were jury are they really good investors the taxes go up because of them but they will keep the wind quality up there should be a steep protection policy here we think. that's it from the business desk more news is coming your way after a very short break. well . science technology innovation all the list of melamine still around russia we've got the future covered. live. least be cool language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's hot spots the p.r.p. interviews intriguing story for you to. see arabic to find out more visit arabic t.v. dot com. explain. these continues here at r.t. the hague tribunal for war crimes has acquitted kosovo's former prime minister and his aides for a second time. was facing numerous charges of murder and torture of serbs in the war yugoslavia at the end of the one nine hundred ninety s. international criminal defense lawyer. michael. says bias was built into the hague tribunal system from the very start. i think by and large this tribe you know. more or less th
they come here and buy lenders they buy it because they were jury are they really good investors the taxes go up because of them but they will keep the wind quality up there should be a steep protection policy here we think. that's it from the business desk more news is coming your way after a very short break. well . science technology innovation all the list of melamine still around russia we've got the future covered. live. least be cool language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's...
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or draw a bill that could give the government taxes to people that are serious response and privacy concerns with how the secretary labeling everyone opposed to terrorists and paedophiles. under these rope of yours they were brought to you on polls to reveal the truth about its nuclear program worth using top knowledge and other topics weapons on it it does the. international news life or this is all she was me you national politics for joining us opposition groups in egypt how we should a set of demands to the country's president mohamed morsi aimed at scrapping his latest political drives this follows a fierce standoff outside the presidential palace in cairo which reportedly falls they gyptian lead it to flee the building cairo based reporter belcher has more cars. i was that in the march tenth out of tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in a suburb of cairo when they got there they were greeted by police behind barbed wire and really i mean speaking of the protesters they felt like they wanted to protest the
or draw a bill that could give the government taxes to people that are serious response and privacy concerns with how the secretary labeling everyone opposed to terrorists and paedophiles. under these rope of yours they were brought to you on polls to reveal the truth about its nuclear program worth using top knowledge and other topics weapons on it it does the. international news life or this is all she was me you national politics for joining us opposition groups in egypt how we should a set...
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directly or through subcontractors including microsoft boeing starbucks secret and others by federal tax. rate compensated up to forty percent of the way to generate returns prayers to howards the need to provide medical care and in everything all of the general work in prison is men. dettori and the choice many inmates have is whether to work for a government run prison industry for less than a dollar an hour or a private one for a minimum wage or for around six dollars unique or is a government owned corporation that uses prison labor to produce all kinds of goods mainly for other government agencies one hundred seventy five different types of products and services you see the variety listed on their website they to partner up with private firms now last year unicorn's revenue reached nine hundred million dollars as far as private prisons are concerned two of the country's biggest prison corporations made three point three billion dollars last year alone private prisons are traded on the new york stock exchange they are for profit companies and the savings that they reap from using inm
directly or through subcontractors including microsoft boeing starbucks secret and others by federal tax. rate compensated up to forty percent of the way to generate returns prayers to howards the need to provide medical care and in everything all of the general work in prison is men. dettori and the choice many inmates have is whether to work for a government run prison industry for less than a dollar an hour or a private one for a minimum wage or for around six dollars unique or is a...
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timothy geithner's confirmation for treasury secretary when it came out he failed to pay some of his taxes and not only that this is what he said when he was asked if he'd use software to prepare his returns i did or you did ok which brings. only answer the questions are what i want these are my responsibility not to not to touch them for students' ability but i used. my returns. and got a lot of play we still remember it so well so high level cabinet positions get plenty of attention but in the less sexy less talked about world inhabited by financial regulators the senate confirmation process can create a litany of problems too as former f.d.i.c chair sheila bair points out in her book by statute the heads of all major financial regulatory agencies have to be confirmed by the senate which often amounts to no official leadership for long periods of time or leadership that just stressed out not functioning well because the confirmation is hanging over their head and just for some examples to give you context so after obama was nominated to his first term despite the fact that fannie and fre
timothy geithner's confirmation for treasury secretary when it came out he failed to pay some of his taxes and not only that this is what he said when he was asked if he'd use software to prepare his returns i did or you did ok which brings. only answer the questions are what i want these are my responsibility not to not to touch them for students' ability but i used. my returns. and got a lot of play we still remember it so well so high level cabinet positions get plenty of attention but in...
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know the banks when they discharge these that they charge them off their accounts and they take a big tax break which is another kind of bail out and then there are allowed to sell the debts on this very shadowy debt market most debtors are not on aware of that and one of the great successes of the campaign really is that it's a public education campaign more and more people are beginning to realize how the system works in frankly very predatory ways as a result of our campaign so dead in many cases is. upon individuals or mortgage holders or entire countries using very dubious sales tactics or just outright debt cram downs we see this in many countries and then in the cases where debts cannot be paid the collection of those debts is passed off to a debt collection agency as you point out for pennies on the dollar the debt collection agency buys those debts as a counter saying of all in the hope that they can get enough people to pay off their debt get a miser cost of buying those debts and we have a situation where debt is the currency of financial repression finance. solo pression and t
know the banks when they discharge these that they charge them off their accounts and they take a big tax break which is another kind of bail out and then there are allowed to sell the debts on this very shadowy debt market most debtors are not on aware of that and one of the great successes of the campaign really is that it's a public education campaign more and more people are beginning to realize how the system works in frankly very predatory ways as a result of our campaign so dead in many...
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still fluctuating between gains and losses as president barack obama held his ground about raising taxes for the highest income americans and it's the anticipations who ground to those tools that leave the european stocks flat in the cheese day session that says investors stay on the fence even while you side stateside as debates continue between democrats and republicans on that so-called fiscal cliff the common currency is still climbing steadily really ever since that greek buyback deal which calls the initial optimism and it just continued on from there whereas the russian ruble that this is not finished up today was stronger against the dollar and you can see against the euro back. here in moscow than the markets they finished up in negative territory today as you can see under a percent of the arts yes and the my sex the fact that oil prices are going south isn't really help me out not as investors always keep a close eye on those here in moscow. moving on then dreams of becoming the next james bond winning formula one or even designing your own fashion line may be on a typical asp
still fluctuating between gains and losses as president barack obama held his ground about raising taxes for the highest income americans and it's the anticipations who ground to those tools that leave the european stocks flat in the cheese day session that says investors stay on the fence even while you side stateside as debates continue between democrats and republicans on that so-called fiscal cliff the common currency is still climbing steadily really ever since that greek buyback deal...
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lauren is the fiscal cliff we hear so much about we hear the comings and goings of obama and boehner on tax policy as though this was the issue that was going to solve the u.s. economy's problems or the u.s. government's budget deficit problems and does it i mean is really such a small part of the iceberg. of economic crisis that this country has been dealing with for the past four years and lo and behold when you talk to people that have been in the game for a while like the former republican strategist has been that we spoke to they say no it's very minimally addressing the problems of the u.s. and to put that in even broader scope our guest kevin phillips his recent book is about seven hundred seventy five so he just finished a book on the american revolution many more economic factors playing a role there than what we maybe are taught in grade school here in the u.s. so we looked at what the lessons are today looking at the. current economic problems and monetary problems and got his perspective a perspective he says that politicians are not likely to have he says they don't read histor
lauren is the fiscal cliff we hear so much about we hear the comings and goings of obama and boehner on tax policy as though this was the issue that was going to solve the u.s. economy's problems or the u.s. government's budget deficit problems and does it i mean is really such a small part of the iceberg. of economic crisis that this country has been dealing with for the past four years and lo and behold when you talk to people that have been in the game for a while like the former republican...